Leo's casting call

<B>Leo's casting call</B><BR><BR> Twelve-year-old Leo feels like a canned sardine at home with his big, noisy family, and his frequent lapses into a Walter Mitty-like fantasy world have earned him the nickname "fog boy." The school play is approaching, and Leo remembers three previous performances. He played a tree in one, and his bark fell off. He played an...

Down-to-earth wisdom in the kitchen

True friends: Bailey defends 12-year-old Rosie from school bullies; Rosie secretly learns to read Braille as a surprise for Bailey, who is blind. Rosie calls Bailey "my neighbor, my friend, my buddy, my pal for my whole life." But what happens when a new girl moves into the neighborhood, with her "cool frizzy black hair," flashing her "sparkly white smile, no braces or anything?" Or when...